School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
Organisation profile
Sustainability has many facets. Inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching characterize the School of Sustainability. Scientists in our research projects work together in the laboratory, on the heath, in the grassland, in the classroom, with the city administration, with farmers, with non-governmental organizations, with companies, with students in the lecture hall and of course at their desks.
Furthermore, we work with regional and national political actors, e.g. ministries, as well as international organizations, e.g. UNEP, UNESCO, EU. We are part of national and international bodies, e.g. sustainability advisory boards of companies, member of the German Sustainability Award, World Biodiversity Council (IPBES), in order to contribute to social change with scientific findings.
Main research areas
Vision
Sustainability science investigates on a theoretical, conceptual and empirical level how to promote sustainable development and how to find and implement effective solutions for current social and ecological challenges. The aim is to create a more sustainable future.
Sustainability researchers are called upon to take responsibility for their research, which is anchored in existing scientific knowledge and methods and serves to make the world a better place for everyone.
Mission
We promote change towards a sustainable future by developing theories, concepts and practices of inclusive education for sustainability, research, governance and management.
We acknowledge the diversity and dynamics of values, norms and behaviour and contribute with transdisciplinary methods to ensuring that tensions and differences between different disciplines, methods, topics and standards are fruitfully taken up and used with productive compromises and further developments towards sustainable development.
Principles
The School of Sustainability is guided by the normative concepts of ecological system integrity and social and economic justice.
Ecological system integrity refers to the safeguarding of life-support systems, as well as the maintenance of the well-being of life on Earth.
With social and economic justice we strive for a world in which all people can fulfil their potential without endangering system integrity and the well-being of others.
Information about the School
The School of Sustainability includes...
... ca. 25 professors
... ca. 100 research assistants
... ca. 1000 students in Bachelor and Master courses
In various inter- and transdisciplinary projects we are constantly researching and working together on changes and solutions for current challenges.
Thermochemical storage materials research - TGA/DSC-hydration studies
Opel, O. (Speaker), Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker), Gérard, M. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
21.02.2011 → 24.02.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Thermodynamische und kinetische Aspekte der Dehydratation und Rehydratation anorganischer Salzhydrate
Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker), Köllner, J. K. (Speaker), Osterland, T. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
26.09.2012 → 28.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Role and Use of Environmental Management Accounting for Supply Chains: An explorative Study
Herzig, C. (Speaker), Viere, T. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Burritt, R. L. (Speaker)
08.07.2013 → 09.07.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The role of co-production in the governance of nature’s contributions to people: a multilevel approach
Isaac, R. (Speaker), Däfler, L. (Coauthor), Schleyer, C. (Speaker) & Martín-López, B. (Speaker)
21.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Role of Food Policy Councils in Policymaking: Advocate, Adviser or Actor in participatory governance?
Newig, J. (Speaker)
26.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Role of Higher Education in the Transition to a Sustainable Future: Implications for Teaching and Learning
Barth, M. (Speaker)
09.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
The Role of Intermediary Organizations in Eco-Efficiency Improvements in SMEs - A Multi-Case Study in the Metal- und Mechanical Engineering Industries in Germany
Zeyen, A. (Speaker)
28.10.2010 → 30.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The role of networked publics for participatory sustainability communication
Schulz, D. (Speaker)
07.09.2011 → 10.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The role of social science evidence in decisions on the design of participatory governance: Tentative findings from a German mixed-methods study
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
25.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Second International Symposium on Biology of Decision Making
Korn, C. (Speaker), Fan, Y. (Speaker), Zhang, K. (Speaker), Wang, C. (Speaker), Han, S. (Speaker) & Heekeren, H. (Speaker)
10.05.2012 → 11.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research